I filed a Jamie McGinn family story for Tuesday’s paper and online. McGinn, a former left wing for the San Jose Sharks, will likely play one of his little brothers, current Sharks left wing Tye McGinn, on Tuesday at the Pepsi Center. Jamie McGinn flew his parents and grandparents in from Fergus, Ontario, on Monday — and surprised Tye. A third McGinn brother, Brock, is a 2012 second-round draft pick of the Carolina Hurricanes. Fergus, population 19,000 in 2011, is obviously proud of the McGinn clan.

“Ty has an incredible story of how he’s got to this level and Brock — he got all the hand-me-downs, so he had to deal with all the junky equipment,” Jamie told me after Monday’s practice. “We’re all left wingers. Ty is the biggest one, I’m the second-biggest one and Brock’s the smallest. But I think Brock is definitely a good talent in this league. I think he has the most potential. He’s an all-around player but very gritty, can get underneath guys’ skin and can also play the game and put up points.”

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Terry Frei graduated from Wheat Ridge High School in the Denver area and has degrees in history and journalism from the University of Colorado-Boulder. He worked for the Rocky Mountain News while attending CU and joined the Post staff after graduation. He has also worked at the Oregonian in Portland, Ore., and The Sporting News. His seventh book, March 1939: Before the Madness, was issued in February 2014.

Chambers covers college and professional hockey for The Denver Post. He has written for the Post since 1994, after dumping his first 9-to-5 office job a couple years out of college. He primarily follows the University of Denver hockey team and helps cover the Avalanche.